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No. 260,332. Patented June 27, 1882;

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BAND GAP.

No. 260,332. Patented June 27, 1882.

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SALI SIMONSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, WVILLIAM FINSTER, OF BROOKLYN, AND WILLIAM B. WILLIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAN D-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,332, dated June 2'7, 1882.

Application filed May 31, 1882. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALI SIMONSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Band-Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, with a folding band made of a covering of cloth or-other textile fabric and a lining of indiarubber cloth or other water-proof material, of a crown which is firmly secured to the band all round, and one half of which is made of cloth or other textile material, while the other half is made of rubber-cloth or other waterproof material, and asemi-crown which is made of a covering of cloth or other textile material, and a lining of rubber-cloth or other waterproof material, and which is detached from the band, butattached to the main crown partly by the seam which unites the textile covering and the water-proof lining of said main crown, and partly by straps and eyes, so that when the band is turned down and the semi-crown is reversed all parts of the cap present a waterproof surface, and when the semi-crown is turned over so as to expose its cloth surface and the band is folded up all parts of the cap present a cloth surface, the operation'of turning over the semi-crown being materially facilitated by the elastic strap.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my cap with its cloth surface exposed. Fig. 2 is a similar View when the band is turned down and the semi-crown partly turned over. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section when the band is drawn down and the semi-crown is-completely turned over on a larger scale than the previous figures.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the crown of my hat, and B is the band, which is secured to the lower edge of the crown so that it can be folded up to the position shown v in Fig. 1 or drawn down to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The crown A is made in two sections, a b, the section a being made of cloth or other textile material and the section b of india-rubber cloth or other water-proof material. Both these sections are secured to the band by the seam c, and they are secured and of a water-proof lining the same as the band. This semi-crown is entirely detached from the band B, but it is secured to the main crown along a large portion of the seam d. For this purpose the edges of of the sections a b of the main crown are folded inward, and the edges 9 of the semi-crownare folded in between said edges cf, and then all these edges are united by the seam d, Fig. 3. The end portions, it, of the semi-crown, however, are not secured to the main crown by the seam d, but by means of straps 2', which pass through loops j. The object of this arrangement is to facilitate the operation of turning over the semicrown and to impart to the cap a good appearance when said semi-crown has been turned over.

By these means a band-cap is obtained which can be worn in such a position that all its parts present a textile surface, or which,when it is to be worn in inclement or stormy weather, can be brought in such a position that the ears and neck of the wearer are protected and all the parts of the cap present a water-proof surface.

Heretofore a multiple hat or cap has been provided with a supplemental half-crown capable of being turned on a median line through the hat or cap to expose a water prooflining; but such is not broadly claimed by me.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, substantiallyas hereinbefore described, of the folding annular band made of a textile covering and a water-proof lining, the main crown secured to said band and composed of two sections '-one of textile crown, O, which is made of a textile covering material and the other of water-proof material-and the semi-crown made of textile covering and water-proof lining separate from the main crown eand united therewith by the median seam which connects the adjacent edges of the two sections of said main crown.

2. The combination of the folding band made of a textile covering and a water-proof lining, the main crown secured to said band and composed of two sections united by a seam at their adjacent edges, one section composed of textile material and the other of water-proof material, the semi-crown made of textile covering and waterproof lining separate from the main crown and united therewith at the me- I 5 dian seam which unites the two sections of the main crown, the lower portions of the semicrown being detached, and the straps connecting the detached portions of the semi-crown with the main crown, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SALI SIMONSON.

[L. s.] Witnesses:

E. F. KASTENHUBER,

A. O. WARBEL. 

